Creature in the Well – Review

Flight School Studio has long started the development of Creature in the Welll. Previously, they released not very popular games for virtual reality, but now they decided to change their direction and make a game for “our” reality. We managed to play it and the spoiler: we liked it.

I will explain for who we will play and tell you a little intra -game Laura. So, we will play for a robot engineer that was created in order to build a “polar star”-a device that will influence the weather. But why do we need this “polar star”? The problem is that a disaster has occurred on the entire planet, during which sand storms are raging on the surface. Everything was covered with sand and only one single town of Mirage remained to live. Therefore, scientists have created a “polar star” to combat disaster. But as the cave was arranged, they noticed strange eyes in the dark, which observed and occasionally talked with engineers. As you understand, the creature prevented the construction of this station, so the whole world plunged into chaos. Many years have passed since the disaster and now we wake up-the main character, the robot Izhener, who is destined to save the world. This is where our story begins, with arrival in the mirage.

Well, let’s see what we will have to operate during the passage of the “creation from the well”. Since we are an ordinary robot, we definitely will not be able to use fists, and no need, because there are no enemy living creatures in the game. We will use weapons to keep energy and weapons to release it. The gameplay looks something like this: we get energy, enhance it with rotation around our weapons and release it to where it is required. And on this simple mechanics, the whole game is tied to the Pinball.

And it probably sounds not so fun, but the developers made it so that progress in the game came smoothly, without a certain rupture. Some players will say that the game is too simple, but I don’t think so. The game simply very competently leads the player to a particular mechanics, teaches him to use all the means as profitable as possible. In addition, the game will give us a new weapon that can facilitate some levels, and in others its use will be a fatal rock for a player.

For example, it is impractical to release hundreds Admiral Shark Casino of energy charges, since in the later stages there will be explosive elements and you can simply die. Therefore, you need to correctly select tactics and use the right weapon.

Yes, of course, the game can be passed with starting items. Just in some points the complexity of the game will grow at times. You can also go through the game without pumping a character, but who needs it? Unless lovers go through Dark Souls with one torch. Back to the topic of pumping.

Pumping is carried out using nuclei, which can be built in our engineer in a local shop. But one nucleus is not enough, energy is still necessary for embedding, which will be excess after passing locations. An improved core affects the amount of energy that can absorb the sphere. How many shots are required to charge the element depends on it. However, on this all the pumping ends.

The structure of the levels is built incredibly smart and according to one principle. Each level is composed of the same parts. A place with a linear passage of levels, then a fork with secret levels and then a conversation with a creature in a pit. After that, the battle with the boss will always follow, in front of which there will be a teleporter and a lake that will restore your health. This is read and the player can always understand what and when to expect. And most importantly, this does not bother and each stage in the game is felt by something new.

What about the boss, so he is one in the game, even though we will meet him 8 times (exactly so many different locations in the game, counting the final). Each time he will present to us the difficulties that we fought at this level, so the battle should not cause special difficulties. The perfect balance is almost (!) all the battles with the boss, which will please both hardcore and casual players.

That I didn’t like it:
Yes, I said that the balance in the game is excellent, but one level is directly pushing itself. It all depends on the random, so you can win either the first time, or even from the 15th.
And these are all the nit -picking to this game. Something bad in the game was not found.

Verdict: A great adventure, with a deep lorus, a beautiful drawing and a new idea that you are not so often now. And one of the largest advantages is that both Kazuals and hardcore will be able to play the game. For every path Creature in the Well will give its own, unique, satisfaction.

9.7/10. An interesting and protracting adventure, which will definitely be in the top of the best indie games of 2019.